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Web Host 1and1 Selects Nimsoft to Monitor Servers

2009-10-26T06:18:00-04:00

(The Hosting News) Nimsoft, the first provider of Unified Monitoring™ solutions, today announced that Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet has selected the Nimsoft Monitoring Solution (NMS) to monitor its entire server infrastructure.

With about EUR 1.2 billion in revenues, 8 million customers, and 10 million domains being managed, 1&1 is the largest Web hosting provider in the world. In order to deliver its portfolio of shared and dedicated hosting, ISP, and new cloud computing services, 1&1 needs to manage a vast infrastructure that includes more than 65,000 servers.

The IT staff at 1&1 realised it needed to replace the existing open source monitoring solution in order to most effectively optimise the performance and reliability of its servers. After evaluating solutions from IBM, Hyperic and Nimsoft, the staff found that only NMS offered the combination of scalability, ease of deployment, and security they required.

“In the end, we found that Nimsoft was the only solution that met our requirements for scalability, ease, and off-the-shelf capabilities, while at the same time delivering the flexibility we’d need to adapt to our evolving requirements,” said Henning Kettler, CTO 1&1. “As a result, we’re able to deploy quickly and get immediate benefits and have confidence that the solution will deliver value in the long term.”

Its distributed architecture and security model makes NMS an ideal solution for large and geographically diverse businesses such as 1&1. The solution’s secure model for gathering and distributing monitoring data helps 1&1 optimise the security of its infrastructure while offering the scalability required to effectively aggregate the massive amounts of monitoring data being generated by the company’s server infrastructure.

“1&1’s selection of Nimsoft is a tremendous testament to the scalability of our solution,” said Gary Read, Nimsoft president and CEO. “With NMS, 1&1 gains the ability to efficiently monitor its vast infrastructure, and so reduce administrative time and expense, while at the same time boosting the availability and performance of its services.”

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Dedicated Server Firm, The Planet, to Host TX IPv6 Conference

2009-10-15T07:02:00-04:00

Houston, TX (The Hosting News) Global IT hosting firm, The Planet, has announced plans to host the Texas IPv6 Task Force, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 3-4, at its headquarters in downtown Houston.

More than 100 participants are expected for the free two-day event. Gold Sponsors include ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers), Global Crossing and NTT America.

The Texas IPv6 Task Force (TXv6TF) is a sub-chapter of the IPv6 Forum, which is dedicated to the advancement and propagation of the IPv6 Internet Protocol in Texas and its surrounding states. Comprised of individual members rather than corporate sponsors, the TXv6TF mission is to provide technical leadership and innovative thought for the successful integration of IPv6 into all facets of networking and telecommunications infrastructure.

With the transition to IPv6 already begun, the event provides a learning forum for participants as they prepare for the emerging technology trends and learn how IPv6 will transform communications over the next 20 years.

“With the ubiquitous nature of the Internet and growing demands from every corner of the world, there is a reasonable concern among companies about their ability to gain access to IP addresses to support their growing businesses,” said Stan Barber, vice president of Network Operations with The Planet and a Director of TXv6TF.

“The transition to the new protocol is inevitable, so individuals in the IT arena are faced with the impending challenge of how best to help their companies escalate their adoption plans. Long-term sustainability clearly drives the work of this task force, and the event is designed to arm members and participants with trends from industry leaders.”

Speakers for the event include Barber; Latif Ladid with the IPv6 Forum; Charlie E. Perkins, author of “Ad Hoc Networking”; Mike Benjamin with Global Crossing; Cody Christman from NTT America; and Stephen Lagerholm with Secure 64, who also serves as a director of TXv6TF.

Companies and individuals from Texas, its surrounding states and from around the world are invited to participate. To register for the event and to learn more, visit the Web site at http://www.txv6tf.org/. The Web site is hosted on The Planet’s IT infrastructure and is available via IPv6 and IPv4.

For additional information, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

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Reseller Hosting Plan Disk Space Triples, at MochaHost.com

2009-10-14T06:30:00-04:00

San Jose, CA (The Hosting News) Reseller hosting plans offered at MochaHost.com now include a standard upgrade for all packages with up to 3 times more disk space allowance. The plans are offered to all new customers, and will be available to all existing customers for renewal.

The decision for the upgrade is due to the increased consumption of disk space of the current online market. Personal and small business clients will benefit from more disk space available for video/audio streaming, blogging, document management, and e-mail; thus, business and E-Commerce clients will enjoy additional resources in order to better serve their customers.

The new Mocha2 ($9.87/month) plan is now offered with 25 GB of disk space, the new Espresso ($14.12/month) plan is upgraded to 35 GB disk space and the Premium Macchiato ($43.17/month) plan now offers 100 GB of disk space.

MochaHost is located in the heart of Silicon Valley (San Jose, California); specializing in providing professional hosting, web design, E-commerce, and Internet promotion services. MochaHost’s plans are designed to tailor to specific needs – from personal use/small businesses to sophisticated E-commerce sites with higher requirements for bandwidth and disk space.

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New Service for Domain Investors Launched by NameMedia

2009-10-09T06:36:00-04:00

WALTHAM, MA (The Hosting News) NameMedia today announced the launch of Domainer’s Advantage, an interactive knowledge center for domain investors located at Afternic.com.

The Domain Listing Service (AfternicDLS) is operated by Afternic, an award-winning marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of premium domain names. Domain name owners list names for sale at Afternic.com to achieve the broadest exposure to the most buyers worldwide.

The newly launched service, called Domainer’s Advantage, offers domain investors a comprehensive knowledge center including:

• Real time domain industry news feed: Stay informed of the latest industry news
• Weekly domain sales reports: Be the first to know what sold – and at what price
• Best Practices: Proven tips on successful selling at maximum value
• Market Trends: What hot? What’s not?
• Poll of the Week: Weigh in on the pressing issues impacting the domain industry
• Discuss Names domain industry forum: Your voice matters – join the discussion
• Domain Industry calendar of events; Webinars, Trade Shows, and Industry Events
• AfternicDLS Blog: Our opinions on the domain industry issues of the day

“Domainer’s Advantage is designed for savvy domain investors who seek one place where they can stay highly informed on all the issues and opportunities affecting their domain investments,” said Sarah Ptalis, Product Manager for NameMedia’s domain marketplace businesses BuyDomains.com and Afternic.com. “Domainer’s Advantage is a simple but compelling tool for accessing and exchanging the latest knowledge in real time”.

AfternicDLS is the domain industry’s premier sales platform, offering SMB “end user” targeted global promotion of domain sellers’ domains in 135 countries. Learn more at www.AfternicDLS.com.

About NameMedia
NameMedia is a leader in the acquisition, development and trading of digital real estate through a network of highly targeted websites and a marketplace for premium domain names. The company’s website development focuses on creating compelling online communities in niche categories. The company’s marketplace allows owners of premium domain names to list their domain properties for sale, and for domain buyers to review the largest available inventory.

Through its ownership of one of the largest domain portfolios in the world, its innovative website development platform, and its broad distribution, NameMedia now serves more than 60 million visitors to its network of websites and sells domains to customers in more than 100 countries.

Headquartered outside Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts, more information is available at www.namemedia.com.

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PacificHost partners with VisionWorld and offers Vision Helpdesk for free

2009-10-09T06:35:00-04:00

(The Hosting News) PacificHost, a provider of linux based, shared and reseller hosting announced earlier today a new partnership with Vision Helpdesk, a leading Helpdesk support system. This new partnership will allow PacificHost to offer Vision Helpdesk at no cost for all of it’s reseller clients.

The Vision Helpdesk was designed to allow the end user to setup, manage and use a complete Support Helpdesk solution. The helpdesk includes features such as, Anti-Spam, Auto-Upgrade, Issue Tracking, Login Integration, Ticket Escalation and much more.

“This partnership will allow us to add value and yet another feature to our reseller hosting plans. Vision is a great software and will give our clients the ability to easily manage and support their own clients better.” said Thomas Perry, the President and CEO of PacificHost.

Among the features already included for free in a PacificHost reseller plan include: ClientExec billing, Enom account, FFmpeg, RvSiteBuilder and LiteSpeed. Vision will serve as a free support Helpdesk, PacificHost’s reseller clients can use in conjunction with the Clientexec Billing system.

Existing and new clients can request a Vision Helpdesk license on the Service Requests page on the PacificHost website. Vision licenses are issued within 24 hours of the request. Clients can choose to install it themselves or request PacificHost to install it for a small fee.

For more information about Vision Helpdesk, please visit http://www.pacifichost.com/vision-helpdesk.shtml
For more information about PacificHost’s Reseller Hosting, please visit http://www.pacifichost.com/reseller-hosting.shtml

About PacificHost
Originally formed in 1999, PacificHost provides high quality shared and reseller hosting solutions to clients worldwide. Hosting includes, 24/7 Technical Support, 99.9% guaranteed uptime and a 30 Day money back guarantee.

About Vision Helpdesk
Vision is a leading web-based helpdesk software that integrates various support channels (emails, web based helpdesk, phone or fax) at one central point and allows maximum control over them. It offers effective methods for managing Emails, Online Issue Tracking, Satellite Helpdesk, Robust e-Mail Parser, Anti-Spam, AJAX Based Rich User Interface, Pay Per Ticket Support, Multi-Language, Knowledgebase, Troubleshooting, News, Downloads, SLA, Escalations, Reports, Client Communication and much more

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Hosting.com, Web Hosting Provider, Debuts Free ColdFusion 9 Beta

2009-10-08T11:57:00-04:00

Denver, Colorado (The Hosting News) Managed hosting, cloud hosting and colocation solutions and Adobe Solution Partner, Hosting.com, has launched a ColdFusion 9 hosting trial, providing free hosted accounts until November 20, 2009 to allow users to preview and explore its functionality.

Hosting.com is one of the world’s most trusted ColdFusion hosting provider servicing over 6,000 global ColdFusion customers – many since 1997.
The ColdFusion 9 Beta release unveils unrivaled developer productivity, deep enterprise integrations and simple work flow with Adobe Flash Builder, Adobe AIR and AJAX to create expressive applications. This release also includes the much-anticipated ColdFusion IDE, ColdFusion Builder, offering developers RAD development with rules – a unified, customizable and extensible development environment to code applications, manage servers, and deploy projects.

Matt Mullens, ColdFusion Product Manager at Hosting.com noted, ”Adobe, ColdFusion and the user communities that rely on these technologies are central to our product and service launches. We have offered ColdFusion solutions since our inception in 1997 and host many of the industry’s premier ColdFusion websites. Adobe’s renewed commitment to ColdFusion is evident in this latest release – our existing clients and those using ColdFusion today will notice significant improvements in usability and experience.”

Hosting.com’s portfolio of hosting solutions are being featured at Adobe Max 2009, bringing together the industry’s most influential designers, developers and decision-makers. Hosting.com will have staff on-hand at Booth #331 to demo the vCloud Express (beta)on-demand cloud computing solution and register free ColdFusion 9 Beta accounts.

Hosting.com provides enterprise colocation, cloud computing, dedicated hosting, managed hosting, disaster recovery, and business continuance services to a global customer base demanding a high level of security, reliability, and responsiveness. Hosting.com monitors, manages, and enhances the Web-based platforms of Web 2.0 companies, software as a service (SaaS) providers, content distribution networks (CDN), and medium to large enterprises whose Web presence is crucial and high availability mandatory.

Hosting.com currently operates SAS 70 Type II certified datacenters in Irvine, CA; Louisville, KY; Newark, DE; San Francisco, CA; and Denver, CO.

All Hosting.com products and services are supported by 24×7x365 live expert technical support through toll-free telephone, email, and online chat.

To learn more about the free ColdFusion 9 Beta Program, please visit: www.hosting.com/cf9 .

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